Recognizable for its pointed arches and rib vaults, Gothic architecture was Europe’s primary building style for cathedrals from the late 12th to the 16th century. It evolved from its heavier, rounder ...
Twenty-five years ago, Dr. Robert Bork, a professor of art history at the University of Iowa and a specialist in the study of Gothic architecture, was working in his office when a student knocked on ...
AMMAN — Origins of the Gothic architecture can be traced back to the Syrian architectural tradition, said author and cultural writer Diana Darke. The Islamic architecture was built on “a huge legacy ...
DAVID LEVIN: You're listening to a NOVA podcast. I'm David Levin. Gothic cathedrals are some of the crowning achievements of Western architecture. They're more like giant sculptures than just ...
Vol. 3 has special t.p.: A companion to the fourth edition of a glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture, containing four hundred examples, a chronological table, and ...
A Roman settlement found in Bulgaria next to the Via Militaris that ran through the Balkans to Constantinople. Credit: Sirma Alexandrova A team of archaeologists has made a significant discovery in ...